Dr. James Walter Hervey , first Indiana writer to attempt "horror stories," was born near Brookville, Ind., in 1819. He studied medicine in Ohio and practiced in Indianapolis and Oakland City, Ind.
He was a member of the State Legislature in 1854 and served as a surgeon in the Civil War. He was later active in the beginnings of public health work in the state.
page: 147[View Page 147]Information from Briscoe, Orah Cole–unpublished Ms. The Hoosier School of Fiction.